Mother,
loving and caring
she is my legs.
She made me walk
mother most prudent.

Namatende Ruth Mary is an 18-year-old writer from Uganda. She is currently in senior five, and loves reading novels and plays, watching movies, and writing stories and poems. She is studying History, Literature, Divinity, and ICT.
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